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The Gulf of Persia

A beautiful chart of The Gulf of Persia published by William Heather in 1805. The chart includes five inset panels and thirteen views.

Chart Information

Reference:

P712

Date

1805

Hydrographer/Surveyor/Artist:

William Heather

Size Of Original:

w 90cm x h 67cm

Paper Type

German Hahnemuhle Etching Paper 310gms (original size)

Further Information

This chart is available in the following standard sizes and formats

Chart ID

Size

Dimensions (cm)

Print Only

Notes

P712

Original

w90 x h67

$478

Print only

The
centrepiece of this chart is the Gulf of Persia from the entrances between Muscat, on the
Arabian Coast, and Iskin Point, on the Persian Coast, up to Bussorah on the
River Euphrates.

The plans
are as follows: 'Bussorah', by Lieutenant J. MacCluer and others; 'Muscat &
Mutrah' by Lieutenant MacCluer; 'Busheer', by Captain Simmons;'Carrack & Corgo', from a French manuscript survey
and finally, 'Jasques', by M. Hunter.

When
studying this chart, questions arise in regard to William Heather’s source
material. Heather credits the panels and the views to surveyors, but gives no
credit to the cartographical and hydrographical sources of the main survey. Of
note is the elaborate and stylish cartouche that boldly credits the publisher
and implicitly suggests that William Heather was the surveyor, which he was
not.

Further
research may lead to a connection between the work of Bartholomew and other
hydrographers of this time. Heather makes reference to use of Persian charts,
as does Lt. D. Bartholomew on his surveys of the same region (see charts A716
and A720).